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FOLDED LIGHT, FOLDED SHADOW: Paper Relief by Nishimura Yuko
May 3, 2008 – July 20, 2008

Using her skilled fingers as her tools, emerging Japanese artist Nishimura Yuko transforms large, crisp single white sheets of a special handmade paper known as kyukushi into complex geometric wall reliefs. The freedom with which Nishimura Yuko creates a folded straight or curved line, and subsequently hundreds of them to complete an image, with no template other than her conceptual vision of the work, reveals the poet and the musician that inhabits her. This exhibition, curated by William T. Thrasher, will be her first solo Museum exhibition in the United States.

Using old handwritten documents, including diaries, letters, personal address books, and business ledgers, textile artist and University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Professor Marjorie Durko Puryear creates narrative wall works, using digital design and electronic jacquard weaving techniques. As she describes her work: "I am inspired by cast-offs of ordinary importance. My intention is to honor the simplicity of these written records, their meaning blurred by time, and find beauty in ordinary parts of everyday life."

This program was designed by installation artist Linda Price-Sneddon to address the emotional and cognitive development needs of young adults through focused observation sessions held in D.W. Field Park, followed by art making in response to the experience. Over a ten-week period, from March to May, Linda and seven Brockton teens meet and develop the installation.

My Nature/OUR Nature is an extension of Fuller Craft Museum’s Art ASPIRE artist residency program and provides an intense learning experience that is integrated with Champion Charter School’s curriculum. This collaboration creates a much-needed space for nature exploration as a source of inspiration and self-discovery for urban teens who have very little exposure to nature’s healing beauty.

Gina Kamentsky, sculptor, animator, designer and teacher, has spent most of her life creating objects and media for the amusement of children and adults. During the 90s in her career as a toy and game inventor, she developed a worldwide reputation creating products for companies including Mattel, Milton Bradley, Fisher Price and Parker Brothers. In this exhibition, Kamentsky combines fantasy and reality in one of a kind mechanical toys and kinetic sculptures.

Sculpture Transformed: The Work of Marjorie Schick
May 17 – September 14, 2008

For decades, Marjorie Schick has been a pioneering force in the craft field. Her vibrant, energetic pieces break through traditional barriers of form, texture and color while sparking the human imagination. Sculpture Transformed incorporates 67 “body sculpture” objects that exemplify 40 years of Schick’s experimentation with form, texture, and color. Sculpture Transformed: The Work of Marjorie Schick and its tour are organized by International Arts and Artists, Washington, DC in cooperation with the curator, Tacey A. Rosolowski, and Marjorie Schick.

The Machinery of Heaven: glass sculpture by Steven Easton
May 17 – September 14, 2008

Glass artist Steven Easton will use Fuller Craft's Merton Tarlow gallery as an environment to explore his ideas about portraits, classical antiquity, religion, science and the natural world. This exhibition has challenged Easton to take his ideas–which up to this point have been manifested in individual objects—to a larger, more inclusive, and ultimately more compelling scope and scale. As Easton explains, “Nature and its beauty is the foundation of my work – energy and matter, in myriad forms, whirl in a complicated dance that is a celebration of life. Celestial bodies, moving inexorably through the heavens, hum in rhythm with the beating of our own hearts. Everything is connected and has meaning. This belief is infinitely reassuring as we humans move through time.”

Arboreal Anatomy: Sculpture by Wendy Wahl
May 17 – September 14, 2008

Rhode Island based artist Wendy Wahl will create an installation constructed from discarded and deconstructed encyclopedias in Fuller Craft's Lampos Gallery. As Wahl writes, “Arboreal Anatomy is the third iteration in a series of work that considers the associations between the tree of life and the tree of knowledge. I am describing the relationship of our natural and cultural realms in an attempt to understand the sources and structures that bind us together. By using familiar materials of learning, this exhibition addresses a set of ideas including accessibility and accumulation. Each installation has unique considerations and challenges that allow for an unexpected experience.”

The Exhibition:
Brockton, Massachusetts, once known as the shoe capital of the world, will revive its legacy with The Perfect Fit – Shoes Tell Stories. Curated by Wendy Tarlow Kaplan, who has strong family ties to Brockton’s shoe industry, this exhibition will explore how shoes can tell stories, addressing topics such as gender, history, sexuality, race, class, and culture.

Exhibition Dates:
The Perfect Fit – Shoes Tell Stories will be on exhibition at Fuller Craft Museum from June 6, 2009 to January 3, 2010. Starting in February, 2010, the exhibition will travel to exhibition venues around the country.

Submission Criteria:
Artists looking to apply for this opportunity should review the recent and upcoming exhibitions at Fuller Craft to understand the mission of the museum (e.g. we do not exhibit photography, paintings, or prints, and our focus is contemporary craft). Objects made in 2006 or later by artists working in the United States will be considered. Any size is possible. Any craft medium is possible. Any extraordinary concept is possible. If accepted, artists will be responsible for all incoming shipping, crating and transportation costs.

Submission Deadline: August 8, 2008

How to Apply:
Applications will only be accepted online at: www.callforentry.org. There is a $10 application fee